ReliefWeb

Highlights

• New flash floods have occurred in Baghlan province in Guzargah-e-Nur district killing about 74 people and 825 houses have been destroyed.

• Police have carried out search and rescue operations, while Afghan national army (ANA) and ANA helicopters have been assisting in the emergency relief work.

• Access by road to Guzargah-e-Nur is currently not possible, due to blocked roads which teams of workers are trying to clear.

• An inter-agency assessment team is being assembled today and is planning to reach the district centre of Guzargah-e-Nur tomorrow, from where it will carry out a rapid assessment to determine the relief needs.

• The Bakhtar Development Network (BDN) runs three BPHS clinics unaffected by the floods. Two mobile health teams are working with the displaced population to address their needs. Drugs and supplies are available.

• WFP is dispatching 1 metric ton of high energy biscuits by helicopter to the affected area - a three-day ration for those in need.

Situation Overview

In the afternoon of 06 June 2014 large flash floods devastated a number of villages in Guzargah-e-Nur district of Baghlan province, in North East Afghanistan according to the Baghlan Provincial Governor and the Guzargah-e-Nur district governor.

Initial reports from the Afghan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) say that about 825 houses have been destroyed and up to 74 people have died due to flood.

Hundreds of houses have damaged or destroyed in Yahya, Jeryan, Zeh Wali, Dahte Khasa, Mir Khel, Yahood, Dahnae Gharoo, Deh Qandee, Koree Naw, Jar Ab, Dashte Khakaye Payeen, Khasaye Payeen villages in Guzargahi Nur district according to the Baghlan Provincial Governor and the ANDMA director. Affected people are being taken in by the local community in surrounding villages. Please refer attached map in second page for location of the affected villages.